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My brother and i took my hood off to repaint it. Easy enough
. And while we were there with the hood off i said well we can take the valve covers off and fix that little tick. So we take off the valve covers and he ask, well y not buy some cool chrome ones? I say sure y not!?
So anyways i get in my stepdads honda to drive and yell to my bro to put the tarp over the motor so no dirt or any of his cats jumps in it. Well apparently he didnt hear me and when were at advance it starts raining. HARD.
I get back to the car and yup. Valve covers are off rain is puddling up on the heads running off like waterfalls on my manifolds, i grabbed the tarp and threw it over my drowning motor and grab my wrench set and immediately remove the oil drain plug, and oil filter. Water was everywhere......
So i put some old oil i had from a previous oil change in it After cleaning the water off the heads then i drained it immediately without starting it. I then added some fresh oil,
Turned the key a few times to get the starter to turn it over easy and then drained it.
Then i went back to advance got some new oil and an oil filter and threw them on.
I drained a little bit to see if any water is in the oil and no it looks pretty good.
So i start it up. Cranks fine idles beautifully. I carefully let it idle for maybe 5 minutes theb drained the oil and oil filter. There was some water in it when i changed it but hardly any.
So i put the valve covers back on and cranked it up. Runs good. I drove it for the rest of the afternoon and this morning once again fires right up no problem. No sign of water in the pistons no smoke, very smooth idle.
Im thinking change the oil one more time maybe even take off the oil pan and clean it.
Am i screwed or think ill b okay?
. And while we were there with the hood off i said well we can take the valve covers off and fix that little tick. So we take off the valve covers and he ask, well y not buy some cool chrome ones? I say sure y not!?
So anyways i get in my stepdads honda to drive and yell to my bro to put the tarp over the motor so no dirt or any of his cats jumps in it. Well apparently he didnt hear me and when were at advance it starts raining. HARD.
I get back to the car and yup. Valve covers are off rain is puddling up on the heads running off like waterfalls on my manifolds, i grabbed the tarp and threw it over my drowning motor and grab my wrench set and immediately remove the oil drain plug, and oil filter. Water was everywhere......
So i put some old oil i had from a previous oil change in it After cleaning the water off the heads then i drained it immediately without starting it. I then added some fresh oil,
Turned the key a few times to get the starter to turn it over easy and then drained it.
Then i went back to advance got some new oil and an oil filter and threw them on.
I drained a little bit to see if any water is in the oil and no it looks pretty good.
So i start it up. Cranks fine idles beautifully. I carefully let it idle for maybe 5 minutes theb drained the oil and oil filter. There was some water in it when i changed it but hardly any.
So i put the valve covers back on and cranked it up. Runs good. I drove it for the rest of the afternoon and this morning once again fires right up no problem. No sign of water in the pistons no smoke, very smooth idle.
Im thinking change the oil one more time maybe even take off the oil pan and clean it.
Am i screwed or think ill b okay?